clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 31.07.2010 22:36, schrieb Orchid XP v8:
>
> >> 1 Joule is also the energy transformed in heat in 1 second by a 1 Ohm
> >> resistor when the current is 1 ampere.
> >
> > And here I was thinking that the heat produced depends on the
> > characteristics of the material, not just the current...
>
> In a sense that's true - but the material characteristics influence the
> resistance /exactly/ the same way as the heat produced ;-)
>


Heat is heat is heat.  If heat is generated, heat is generated. Don't confuse
that with _temperature_ . The temperature that objects rise to will depend on a
number of properties, starting with _heat_capacity_  and eventually influenced
by _thermal_conductivity_ , convection currents in the neighborhood, etc..   A 1
Ohm aluminum and 1 ohm tungsten wire will warm up differently, even if the same
heat were generated.

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